U.S. Tells Israel: Halt Jerusalem Construction -Roni Sofer
A senior Israeli official said that Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren, was told that Israel must suspend a planned project in eastern Jerusalem near Israel's national police headquarters.
(Ynet News)
"No Difference to U.S. Between Outpost, & Jerusalem Construction"
-Akiva Eldar
The U.S. views eastern Jerusalem as no different than an illegal West Bank outpost with regard to its demand for a freeze on settlement construction, American sources have informed both Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
(Ha'aretz)
Prime Minister Rejects US Demand
Jerusalem's decision to leak to the media US displeasure with a plan to build a small housing complex in east Jerusalem was designed to clarify to the Americans that construction in the capital should not be lumped together with any limitations Israel may agree to on building in the settlements.
Israeli diplomatic officials said that Ambassador Michael Oren went to the State Department for routine talks, during which his American interlocutors raised their concern about plans approved last month by the Jerusalem Municipality for 20 apartments to be built at the site of the Shepherd Hotel in eastern Jerusalem, bought in 1985 by American businessman Irving Moskowitz.
A senior Israeli official said that Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren, was told that Israel must suspend a planned project in eastern Jerusalem near Israel's national police headquarters.
(Ynet News)
"No Difference to U.S. Between Outpost, & Jerusalem Construction"
-Akiva Eldar
The U.S. views eastern Jerusalem as no different than an illegal West Bank outpost with regard to its demand for a freeze on settlement construction, American sources have informed both Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
(Ha'aretz)
Prime Minister Rejects US Demand
Jerusalem's decision to leak to the media US displeasure with a plan to build a small housing complex in east Jerusalem was designed to clarify to the Americans that construction in the capital should not be lumped together with any limitations Israel may agree to on building in the settlements.
Israeli diplomatic officials said that Ambassador Michael Oren went to the State Department for routine talks, during which his American interlocutors raised their concern about plans approved last month by the Jerusalem Municipality for 20 apartments to be built at the site of the Shepherd Hotel in eastern Jerusalem, bought in 1985 by American businessman Irving Moskowitz.
(Jerusalem Post)
Jerusalem Housing Project "Not in Middle of an Arab Neighborhood"
-Ali Waked
"The area...is not located in the heart of the Arab neighborhood, but rather on the border between the Sheikh Jarrah and French Hill neighborhoods. It's not as though someone built a Jewish neighborhood smack in the middle of a remote Arab neighborhood," said Jerusalem municipal council member Yakir Segev.
(Ynet News)
If Arabs Can Live in Western Jerusalem, Jews Can Live in Eastern Jerusalem
-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
I would like to re-emphasize that united Jerusalem is the capital of the Jewish people and of the State of Israel. Our sovereignty over it cannot be challenged; this means - inter alia - that residents of Jerusalem may purchase apartments in all parts of the city.
This has been the policy of all Israeli governments. [I]n recent years hundreds of apartments in Jewish neighborhoods in the western part of the city have been purchased by - or rented to - Arab residents and we did not interfere.
This says that there is no ban on Arabs buying apartments in the western part of the city and there is no ban on Jews buying or building apartments in the eastern part of the city.
We cannot accept the idea that Jews will not have the right to live and purchase in all parts of Jerusalem. I can only describe to myself what would happen if someone would propose that Jews could not live in certain neighborhoods in New York, London, Paris or Rome.
(Prime Minister's Office)
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Jerusalem Housing Project "Not in Middle of an Arab Neighborhood"
-Ali Waked
"The area...is not located in the heart of the Arab neighborhood, but rather on the border between the Sheikh Jarrah and French Hill neighborhoods. It's not as though someone built a Jewish neighborhood smack in the middle of a remote Arab neighborhood," said Jerusalem municipal council member Yakir Segev.
(Ynet News)
If Arabs Can Live in Western Jerusalem, Jews Can Live in Eastern Jerusalem
-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
I would like to re-emphasize that united Jerusalem is the capital of the Jewish people and of the State of Israel. Our sovereignty over it cannot be challenged; this means - inter alia - that residents of Jerusalem may purchase apartments in all parts of the city.
This has been the policy of all Israeli governments. [I]n recent years hundreds of apartments in Jewish neighborhoods in the western part of the city have been purchased by - or rented to - Arab residents and we did not interfere.
This says that there is no ban on Arabs buying apartments in the western part of the city and there is no ban on Jews buying or building apartments in the eastern part of the city.
We cannot accept the idea that Jews will not have the right to live and purchase in all parts of Jerusalem. I can only describe to myself what would happen if someone would propose that Jews could not live in certain neighborhoods in New York, London, Paris or Rome.
(Prime Minister's Office)
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